غَيَّرchanged وَجْهُface الجوّthe sky فيin حُمْرَةredness
غَيَّر وَجْهُ الجوّ في حُمْرَة
كأَنَّماas though تُوقَدُis kindled بالجوِّin the sky نارْa fire
كأَنَّما تُوقَدُ بالجوِّ نارْ
The face of the sky turned red,
The face of the air changed to redness
as though a fire were being kindled in the sky.
As if fires were kindled in it.
وأَعْقَبَتْهاand followed it ظُلْمَةٌdarkness أَيْقَنَتْbecame certain
وأَعْقَبَتْها ظُلْمَةٌ أَيْقَنَتْ
أَنْفُسُناour souls منfor أجلهاits sake بالبوارof ruin
أَنْفُسُنا من أجلها بالبوار
And darkness followed it; certain were
It was followed by darkness that assured
our souls, because of it, of ruin.
Our souls thereby of destruction.
حتَّىeven عنfrom الشَّمسthe sun وأضوائهاand its light
حتَّى عن الشَّمس وأضوائها
بذلكat that التَّاريخdate حالstood in the way الغبارthe dust
بذلك التَّاريخ حال الغبار
Even the sun and its light
Until from the sun and its lights
were obscured by dust at that time.
On that date came the dust.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.